FINLAND FINLAND REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 6 1917 FROM THE SOVIET UNION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 17 1919 POPULATION 5158372 1999 EST AREA 130559 SQ MI CAPITAL HELSINKI FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER COPPER IRON ORE ZINC SILVER MAIN INDUSTRIES METAL PRODUCTION CHEMICALS SHIPBUILDING TEXTILES PAPER COPPER REFINING CLOTHING FISHING AGRICULTURE GRAINS POTATOES SUGAR BEETS DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY MARKKA GDP 103.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 20100 1998 EST LANGUAGES FINNISH OFFICIAL SWEDISH OFFICIAL LAPP RUSSIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERANISM GREEK ORTHODOXY LITERACY RATE 100 LIFE EXPECTANCY 74 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 11 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 PER 1000 POPULATION
